0 a person who chooses to eat food that is not bought from a shop, especially food that other people, shops, or organizations throw away, so that food is not wasted --
Gordie, however, leaves at the last moment, returning with some freegan food that he found on one last junk run.
Not all people who identify as freegan are vegan.
The most notorious freegan strategy is urban foraging or dumpster diving.
He also is a freegan, finding and eating good food that has been disposed.
The word freegan is a portmanteau of free and vegan; not all dumpster divers are vegan, but the ideology of veganism is inherent in freeganism.